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Governance and citizen’s discomfort
Political uncertainty need not have produced poor governance. In Pakistan, however, the two came together.
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Poor governance and citizen’s discomfort
Pakistan has given scant attention to providing good governance not only in recent times but throughout its history.
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Pakistan and the new Great Game
US defence strategy focusing on China, is bound to complicate the situation, add another element to Pakistan-US ties.
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Pluck the low hanging fruit
What are the few things that need to be done immediately to arrest economic decline after the change in regime occurs?
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Achieving a critical mass
People’s voice must be factored in both design & working of political systems, their capacity to deliver results.
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The uncertainity that exists
With the amount of uncertainty that currently exists, Pakistan’s economic future is hard to predict.
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Putting growth on top of the agenda
Pakistan is creating conditions that could produce political and social upheaval in the not-too-distant future.
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Narratives for the next elections
A larger proportion of people are likely to vote on the basis of what they consider to be good for the larger society.
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In a state of flux
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Pakistan’s political situation is in a state of flux.
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Reasonable politics, bad economics
The country is isolated as never before in its more than six decades of history.